Fly-swatter



. F. -KELSO FLY SWATTER.

APPLICATlON FILED APR. 12. 1920.

Patented Dec. 7,'v 1920.

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www0/oo UNITED STATES BENJAMIN F. KELSO, F PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.

FLY-SWATTER .ernaar Application led April 12,l

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Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. KnLso, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pasadena, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFly-Swatters; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to iiy swatters of the form in which the usual wiregauze body is anchored between two side members of a handle-carriedholder, as in my U. S. Patent No. 1,334,246 of March 16, 1920, and theprincipal object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensivedevice having novel means to prevent abrupt bending and breakage of thewire gauze when the device is in use, and to guard against thescratching of furniture, walls, woodwork, etc., by

the aforesaid side members.

IVith the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described andclaimed, the descriptive mattei' being supplemented by the accompanyingdrawing. i

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fly swatter constructed inaccordancewith my invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the plane indicated by line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is a disassembled perspective view.

In the drawing above briefly described, the numeral 1 designates asuitable flexible body formed of wire gauze or other appropriatematerial, the front end of the body being by preference bound asindicated at 2, for the purpose of preventing fraying. The rear cornersof the body '1 are folded inwardly by preference as indicated at 3, thetwo folds overlapping each other so that the rear end of the body iseffectively reinforced. This reinforced end, I prefer to bend around arectangular anchor' plate l of tin or other adequate material.

The reinforced rear end of the gauze body 1, is received in a suitableholder. 5 carried by the front end of a handle 6. rThis holder ispreferably formed of a single rectangular piece of thin or othersuitable metal, bent into channel shapel as is shown clearly in Figs. 2and 3. The side member 7 and 8 of the holder 5, I prefer to constructSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. '7, 1920.

1920. `serial No. 373,264.

of different widths although this it not absolutely essential.

rIhe details o'f construction so far described are. by preferenceemployed, but

numerous forms of holders such as 5, may

and 8 and the rear end of the gauze body,l

are two pads 9 which project forwardly be,- yond the front edges of saidside members and are here provided with beads 10 which project outwardlybeyond said' side members so `that the latter are prevented from comingin contact with furniture, walls, etc., while the device is being usedor laid down after use. It will be observed that the two beads 10 are ofapproximately the same width and that they are located adjacent thefront edges of the side members 7 and 8. One of these beads is thuspositioned considerably in advance of the other and this arrangement ispreferred, in order to facilitate proper bending of the gauze body 1when in use, said body being permitted to bend more freely in the onedirection than in the other.'

I prefer to form the two pads 10 by folding a single sheet of flexiblematerial such as rubber or leather around the rear end of the gauze body1 as shown clearly in Figs. 2 and 3, but it is obvious that separatepads could be employed if desired.

I have shown a twisted wire handle 6, but otherv forms of handles mightwell be used. In all cases 4however I prefer that the handle attachingmeans shall pass through the side members 7 and 8 of the holder 5,through the two pads 9, and through the intervening wire gauze and plate4, when the latter is used. When the handle is constructed of wire, theends ofthe latter may well constitute the handle attaching means asshown at 11.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,it will be seen that although I have produced an extremely simple andinexpensive device, the same will be highly efficient and desirable,particular emphasis being laid upon the fact that the two pads 9 notonly prevent abrupt bending and consequent breaking of the wire gauze 1,but the beads l0 of such pads, form buffers which will prevent furnitureand the like from being injured, either while the device is in operationor when it is laid thereon.

Since probably thel best results may be obtained from the detailsdisclosed, such details if desired may be followed.V I wish itunderstood however that within the scope of the invention as claimed,numerous changes in form, proportion, materials and other minory detailsmay well be resorted to.

I claim:

l. A fly swatter comprising a wire gauze body, a handle, holding meanscarried by said handle and having side plates between which said body isreceived, and pads between said gauze body and said side platesprojecting forwardly from the front ed'es of the latter, the projectingfront edges of said pads having beads extending outwardly from said sideplates to prevent injurious contact thereof with furniture and otherobjects.

2. A fly swatter comprising a wire gauze body, a handle, holding meanscarried by said handle and having side plates between which said body-is received, a flexible sheet folded around the rear end of said gauzebody and forming pads on opposite sides of the fold, said pads beingpositioned be tween said gauze body and said side plates and projectingforwardly beyond the latter; the forwardly projecting ends of said padshaving beads extending outwardly beyond said side plates.

3. A fly swatter comprising a single piece of relatively stiff materialbent to form a channel shaped holder having side plates, a wire gauzebody whose rear end is received between the side plates of said holder,a sheet of flexible material folded around said rear end of the gauzebody and formin@r pads located between said body and said si e plates,the front ends of said pads projecting beyond said side plates andhaving beads extending outwardly beyond the latter, and a handleattached to saidholder, the attachine means of said handle passingthrough said side plates, through said pads, and through said gauzebody.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

BENJAMIN F. KELSO.V

